Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tidal Wave on the Fifteenth Floor

A mysterious parcel arrived from Denver which, when opened, it threatened to swamp the place, thus:

Poor, put-upon Victoria. All those years of being smothered by smoke in London pub, and now she lives in Chicago in mortal peril from flood tides of yarn. This is no way for a queen to live. And believe me, I should know.

We got Rowan Cork, we got Kidsilk Haze, we got Jo Sharp DK Aran in exactly the colors I needed to complete the line-up for Susan's wrap. We got enough yarn here to necessitate the buying of storage bins because chucking everything behind the sofa in bags is no longer working. I am knitting as fast as I can, yet the pile grows higher.

Very odd, encountering Lady Bountiful in the guise of a guy from Colorado. Isn't the knitting world strange?

As for the Rowan Cork, isn't it lovely? I got a box sent to me recently and am searching for the ideal pattern -- this stuff is MINE! I have about 8 balls in "plush", and if I had no boobs it would be just enough for a sweater ...

Sir Edwin uses the long, flat, plastic bins you can get at Target. They're like eight or ten inches deep and three feet long. You get the idea.

She has two closets full of storage bins, stacked (it would be easier if they were in drawers, but drawers don't seem to come in the appropriate size/shape). One closet is for cotton, wool/cotton blends, and other summery fibers like linen and bamboo. The other closet holds wool, arranged by weight.

It's a little sick, but it sure is purty.

I hope she doesn't kick me out for the storage space. I certainly do use more than my share. Oh!!! I just realized...I guess my time isn't up yet, but she *has* been taking carloads of my old stuff to Goodwill every week... and here I just thought she was sick of the clutter...

I have progressed/deteriorated to two large, old wooden blanket boxes, that to the unitiated(nonknitter) look and function as coffee tables. It works well, or it did until I exceeded their capacity, but we won't even think about that. A girl needs a buffer zone, living in the Antipedes, so far from all yarn except Jo Sharp.

Clear plastic shoe/boot/underbed boxes from the container store work well. Since they are clear, you can create pretty mosiacs with the yarn or at least see what you have before you go buy more blue wool just like the blue wool in that box over there...

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